Reposted by ColChris and his farmily of forever farm friends @caenhillcc.bsky.social · 15hGreetings and good morning it’s the Wednesday farm rush hour 861779
Reposted by ColBen @benjyhere.bsky.social · 29/09/2026The colour palette of frogs in my garden is really quite varied... @stevoallain.bsky.social @froglife.bsky.social @arc-trust.bsky.social 010112
Reposted by ColJeff Stringer @blooms-ghost.bsky.social · 11hI've been catching up on the details of the findings from the #Premiership re the long running malfeasance of #ManCity and their owners. Thinking of 'corporations as people' what sort of punishment would an individual receive for perpetuating a £900 million fraud... 1/4 🧵theguardian.comSham City: verdict on financial breaches is damning and punishment must be severe | Jonathan WilsonHow can Manchester City be trusted under these owners after they were found to have devised £900m of ‘sham’ contracts? 111
Reposted by ColHelen Day @lbflyawayhome.bsky.social · 15hOn this day 30th September 1868 the first volume of 'Little Women' by Louisa May Alcott was published. Artist: Terry Gabbey 643270
Reposted by ColMassimo (mirror) @rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 21hMeet the Siberian long tailed tit, a tiny adorable fluffball with double eyelids. Original post 452610331
Reposted by ColContempraInn 🌹 @contemprainn.bsky.social · 19hSpooky Slot Canyon is an extremely narrow, shadowy, and winding sandstone slot canyon located within the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in Kane County, Utah 931267229
Col @baroncol.bsky.social · 11hBBC News - www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cw... Israel Dubai flight: Pilots taken to hospital, says airport, after reported cockpit stabbing - BBC Newsbbc.co.ukIsrael Dubai flight: Pilots taken to hospital, says airport, after reported cockpit stabbingThe mother of a passenger tells Israeli media her daughter described people screaming as the plane dropped 17,000ft in less than two minutes. 010
Col @baroncol.bsky.social · 11hCan’t remember the name of that pub you loved? In Google Maps, press and hold the location to drop a pin, then tap Add label. Call it something you’ll remember, like “best real ale.” You can search for that label next time. Works for a friend’s house, too. “Sarah’s new place” for example. 020
Col @baroncol.bsky.social · 16h A six-month trial of live facial recognition technology in London’s railway stations cost more than £320,000 and led to one false match against a watchlist of suspects and no arrests. 010
Col @baroncol.bsky.social · 16hThe Trump administration can resume quickly deporting immigrants to a “third countries”, or countries other than those immigrants’ homeland, without giving them any opportunity to contest their removals, the supreme court ruled on Tuesday. 010
Col @baroncol.bsky.social · 16hMore than 400 people, most of them children, have been detained in France on Tuesday after teenagers across the country blockaded their schools in protest at class sizes, teacher shortages and long timetables. 010
Col @baroncol.bsky.social · 16hThe Premier League has confirmed Manchester City have been found guilty of all charges of breaching its financial rules over a nine-year period, with the club found to have boosted their income by a staggering amount of more than £900m. 010
Col @baroncol.bsky.social · 16hOne of the five men arrested near RAF Fairford as part of a terror investigation that prompted fears of an Iran-backed plot called the police to report the incident. The call from the man, in his 20s and from London, was one reason armed police were scrambled to arrest the men. 010
Reposted by ColMassimo (mirror) @rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 29/09/2026This is what a pregnant turtle looks like under an X-ray. Original post 1971298
Reposted by ColΜΑΝΟΣ ΤΡΑΧΙΑΣ™ @trahias.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Sergiu Ciochină (Moldavian/French, born 2001) "Sunlit Passage", 2024. Oil on Board, 35 × 50 cm. Private Collection. #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt 81114169
Col @baroncol.bsky.social · 29/09/2026www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a...smithsonianmag.comA Cutting-Edge English Initiative Replaces Lawnmowers With Scythes to Restore Wildflowers and Save the BeesEnglish Heritage has recruited volunteers to mow meadows the old-fashioned way at some of its historic sites 120
Col @baroncol.bsky.social · 29/09/2026BBC News - Hadrian's Wall Sycamore Gap tree stump shows 'encouraging' signs - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukHadrian's Wall Sycamore Gap tree stump shows 'encouraging' signsA thick layer of growth surrounds the stump three years after the landmark was illegally felled. 021
Reposted by ColFunnyVia @funnyvia.com · 29/09/2026He fell asleep waiting for me to finish working... 21101785
Col @baroncol.bsky.social · 29/09/2026A senior member of the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s ruling party was beaten to death on Sunday after appearing on a radio programme to raise awareness about the Ebola outbreak, a party representative has said. 010
Col @baroncol.bsky.social · 29/09/2026The price of diesel on UK forecourts has hit an all-time high average of 199.18p a litre, as the conflict in the Middle East continues to drive the cost of fuel to record levels. 010
Col @baroncol.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Two of the “godfathers” of modern AI and senior executives at OpenAI and Anthropic have warned governments to prepare for an AI “intelligence explosion”, which they say could be the most consequential technological development in history. 010
Col @baroncol.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Home secretary Shabana Mahmood has signalled she is considering watering down her plans to make it harder for foreign workers to claim permanent residence in the UK, amid growing demands for a U-turn from cabinet colleagues and unions. 010
Reposted by ColCindy Arnevik @cabbageridge.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Give it a try. I am 70 Years old and I would gladly die on the streets protecting my democracy. My Dad went to Italy in 1943. It’s a family thing. 011
Reposted by ColFight The Sadistocracy @everythingisgrate.bsky.social · 28/09/2026You mean like he literally did in 2020 and 2021?!? 031
Col @baroncol.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Andy Burnham will take his first major step to putting Britain’s utility companies into public control when, at the Labour conference, he announces a new government-backed body to invest in the electricity grid. 130
Col @baroncol.bsky.social · 28/09/2026An 11-year-old British chess prodigy is the youngest player in history to become a female grandmaster. Bodhana Sivanandan, from northwest London, secured the title while representing England at the 46th Chess Olympiad in Uzbekistan last week. 010
Col @baroncol.bsky.social · 28/09/2026On Saturday, the stepson of Sir Ranulph Fiennes launched a crowdfunder to pay for “specialist legal advice” in an attempt to locate the explorer, who hasn’t been seen in public for more than two years. 010
Col @baroncol.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Experts warned on Sunday that Donald Trump could use the hours and days after November’s midterm elections to disrupt the results after struggling to enforce a crackdown on voting. 52912
Col @baroncol.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Hundreds of protesters spent the day blocking the route of a hugely contentious parade after a court gave late-night clearance for the Orange Order to march on a historically significant road for the first time in nearly 30 years. 010
Col @baroncol.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Counter-terrorism police are investigating whether Iran is behind a suspected bomb plot after armed officers found explosives on three vans parked minutes from an RAF base used by the US military. 010
Col @baroncol.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Going into his first party conference as prime minister, Andy Burnham revealed a set of new initiatives, from a new help-to-buy loan scheme for first-time buyers to a vision for universal free social care. 030
Col @baroncol.bsky.social · 27/09/2026www.britannica.com/event/dancin...britannica.comDancing plague of 1518 | Facts & Theories | BritannicaDancing plague of 1518, event in which hundreds of citizens of Strasbourg (then a free city within the Holy Roman Empire, now in France) danced uncontrollably and apparently unwillingly for days on en... 010
Col @baroncol.bsky.social · 25/09/2026A rapid new test for brain tumours can slash the time it takes to receive an accurate diagnosis from eight weeks to just two hours. The genomic test, which is being piloted by the NHS and works by quickly analysing the tumour’s genetic code, will allow patients to start treatment much sooner. 010
Col @baroncol.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Xi Jinping has called for extensive cooperation with Washington to avoid the “Thucydides trap” that could put the US and China on a military collision course amid rising tensions over AI, trade and Taiwan. 000
Reposted by ColMassimo (mirror) @rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 25/09/2026A cat completely lost in the moment, enjoying itself on a boat. Original post 683187261
Col @baroncol.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Ukrainian refugees fear they could be left homeless after the government quietly axed 70% of funding for hosts of the Homes for Ukraine scheme, reducing monthly “thank you” payments. 000
Col @baroncol.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Andy Burnham has signalled he may lift the ban on drinking alcohol in the stands at football matches, suggesting it is “unfair” for fans to be singled out when it is permitted for other sports. 231
Col @baroncol.bsky.social · 24/09/2026People claiming universal credit would have their payments cut by a third if they have not paid enough national insurance, under a Conservative plan condemned by one charity as “a fast track to increased poverty”. 020
Col @baroncol.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Teenagers are to be offered a range of new vocational GCSEs under a radical shake-up of the school system in England designed to tackle a crisis that has left nearly a million young people out of work or training. 010
Col @baroncol.bsky.social · 24/09/2026 A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to restore White House access to journalists from CNN, MS Now and Politico, saying his ban on the three media outlets was likely unconstitutional. 010
Reposted by ColMassimo (mirror) @rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 24/09/2026The little dog on the right refused the treat he was offered—not because he didn't want to eat it, but because he wanted his blind friend to be fed first. He waited patiently until his companion had finished, and only then did he accept his own little piece. Original post 1154185545
Col @baroncol.bsky.social · 24/09/2026The UK has warned that the climate crisis and coming El Niño threaten national security and defence around the world, presenting foreign ministries with the findings of an explosive report suppressed under Keir Starmer. 020
Col @baroncol.bsky.social · 23/09/2026A new survey has given fresh weight to the idea that a huge complex lies beneath Tutankhamun’s tomb. Researchers believe the site could house several chambers, including Queen Nefertiti’s tomb, which they say would rank “among the most transformative archaeological discoveries of the modern era”. 020
Col @baroncol.bsky.social · 23/09/2026China is rapidly expanding its nuclear weapons programme across at least seven major sites, says The Telegraph. Satellite images show significant construction at nuclear facilities and testing areas across the country, including one production site where an entire support town has been built. 010
Col @baroncol.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Andy Burnham has opened the door to fighting the next election on the UK rejoining the EU, but said his immediate priority was continuing to rebuild bridges with European allies. 140
Col @baroncol.bsky.social · 23/09/2026British banks and financial institutions are receiving warnings from MPs that they should not invest in Israel’s E1 settlement project. 010
Col @baroncol.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Charities have condemned footage of a far-right activist using a blade to slash an inflatable dinghy in the Channel while a rescue worker was onboard, in a further escalation of organised anti-immigration protest. 010